Syracuse police say they are investigating an allegation that Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested a team ball boy for more than a dozen years beginning in the mid-1980s.Police stressed to Outside The Lines they are in the early stages of the investigation.The alleged victim, Bobby Davis, now 39, told Outside the Lines that Fine molested him beginning in 1983 shortly before Davis entered the seventh grade. Davis, the team’s ball boy for six years beginning in 1984, said the abuse occurred at Fine’s home, at the Syracuse basketball facilities, and on road trips, including the 1987 Final Four.In addition, a second man — a relative of Davis — told OTL that he was also molested by Fine around the same time as the first boy.Fine is now in his 35th season as an assistant to head coach Jim Boeheim.Davis said he never told Boeheim about the alleged abuse.Click here for the full story at ESPN.com
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